The pro-Kremlin mercenaries have been holding the journalist captive since June 2017

09:56, 10 August 2018

Open source

The U.S. Congress Group for Media Freedom urges the militants of Donbas to set Stanislav Aseev free; the Ukrainian reporter has been held in captivity for more than a year now. According to Radio Liberty, the co-chairmen of the group Adam Schiff and Steve Chabot released the respective statement on August 8.

The congressmen are 'deeply concerned' that the Kremlin-supported groups of self-styled 'Donetsk People's Republic' hold the reporter in detention since June 2017. According to them, Aseev is 'one of the few independent journalists that stayed in the separatist-controlled area in order to provide objective information'.